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Vice President Kamala Harris spent a whopping $1.5 cardinal during her 15-week run that ended successful decision to President-elect Donald Trump, including burning done millions of dollars connected star-studded events connected the eve of the election, according to a report.
According to The New York Times, Harris’ plaything authorities rallies connected the nighttime earlier Election Day exceeded the campaign’s planned budget, ballooning to implicit $10 million.
These pricey personage events featured Lady Gaga successful Philadelphia, Jon Bon Jovi successful Detroit, Christina Aguilera successful Nevada, James Taylor successful North Carolina and Katy Perry successful Pittsburgh. While the singers did not person compensation, the paper said officials confirmed that the enactment unit was compensated.
Part of the higher-than-expected costs came from having to rebuild an full rally venue successful Pittsburgh aft the Secret Service said the archetypal determination could not beryllium decently secured, The Times reported.
The Harris campaign's large spending is believed to person near the run $20 cardinal successful debt. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
How Harris spent specified an exorbitant magnitude of wealth during her compressed run has near questions arsenic to wherever each that currency went.
One outgo being scrutinized successful caller days has been the reported $1 cardinal payment to Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions.
The Harris campaign's outgo to Oprah Winfrey, left, is being criticized arsenic questions linger implicit however the run spent a reported $1.5 cardinal and wherever precisely the wealth went. (Getty Images)
An archetypal study by the Washington Examiner showed the Harris run made two $500,000 payments to Winfrey’s Harpo Productions connected Oct. 15, a period aft Winfrey's municipality hallway with Harris and weeks earlier the brace appeared astatine a Harris Philadelphia rally. Now, 2 sources person told The Times that the afloat terms of the lawsuit with Winfrey was person to $2.5 million.
A Harpo Productions spokesperson acknowledged to Variety that the institution took wealth from the run but claimed it was for "production costs."
"Oprah Winfrey was astatine nary constituent during the run paid a idiosyncratic fee, nor did she person a interest from Harpo," the spokesperson said.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE CRITICIZES HARRIS CAMPAIGN FOR PAYING MASSIVE SUMS TO OPRAH WINFREY, OTHER CELEBS
Other large costs for Harris’ failed run included $111 cardinal successful online ads seeking donations, astir $50 cardinal for door-to-door canvassers and $2.5 cardinal paid to 3 integer agencies who enactment with online influencers, The Times reported.
Eyebrow-raising expenses were listed successful a Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing obtained by Fox News Digital. According to the FEC filing, successful the period of October alone, the Harris run spent $2,626,110 connected backstage flights.
The costs ranged from $3,500 to $940,000 per disbursement, with $2.2 cardinal going to a institution named Private Jet Services Group, portion $430,000 went to Advanced Aviation Team, a charter formation broker.
The Harris run is believed to beryllium $20 cardinal successful debt, but Harris run main fiscal serviceman Patrick Stauffer said successful a connection reported by the Times that "there volition beryllium nary debt" connected the upcoming December filings for the run and the Democratic National Committee.
Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
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